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Self-Affirm And Say I am Healthy, I am Strong And So Shall You Be

I am
creative! I am beautiful! I am one of a kind! I am successful! Do you say these
positive affirmations? Ha, she comes back with some weird advice, you might
wonder. But take heed! This post could be life changing!

Self-affirmations

It is recognizing
your value and saying the statement confidently and forcefully. If you value
creativity then saying, I am creative is a self-affirmation.

Scientists
say that self-affirmation can open our brains to accept advice that is hard to
hear. Let us say for example if the doctor advises you to get more of exercise.

You should reflect on the value that brings meaning to it. Think
along these lines, if I exercise I will have a slim and fit body, my
performance will increase, and I can be more active and keep diseases at bay. If you attach value to it, then affirm
it. You can surely achieve your goal.

Researchers say that when people are affirmed, that is you
attach a value to it, and say it forcefully then the brain processes the
message differently.

In a study participants were given self-affirmation exercises
before getting health advice. The advice was that, people who sit less are at a
lower risk of certain diseases. The
scientists used magnetic resonance imaging to see what happens inside the
brain.

To their amazement they found that people who were given self-affirmation
exercise before health advice, showed higher levels of activity in the key
brain region during the health advice. The participants showed a steep decline
in couch potato type sedentary behavior in the month following the
intervention.

On the other hand, their counterparts who did not receive the
self-affirmation exercise, before the health advice, showed lower levels of
activity in the brain region. They continued with their sedentary behavior in
the months that followed.

Take away

Attaching a value to a positive happening and declaring or
affirming it can open special pathways in the brain and help you to achieve
your goals. It is far better to say things like, I am talented, I am healthy, I
am smart, I am the child of the most high God, and the creator of the universe
loves me, than to say something stupid and negative.

Here is Pastor Joel Osteen’s The Power of I am sermon, just amazing! And the best part
is Oprah likes it. So have a look.

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